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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 

OF THE 

DOUGLAS MONUMENT 

ASSOCIATION ; 

TOGETHER WITH 

AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. 




CHICAGO: 

THE CHICAGO TIMES JOB FEINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 
NO. 74 RANDOLPH STREET. 
ISO 2. 



ORGANIZATION, CONSTITUTION 

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ASSOCIATION; 



TOGETHER WITH 



AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC, 



CHICAGO : 

THE CHICAGO TIMES PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 
No. 74 Randolph Street. 
1862. 



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On tlie 19 tli of October, 1861, was issued a call, 
signed by a number of well-known citizens, request- 
ing a meeting of the friends of the late Senator 
Douglas, for the purpose of devising the most judi- 
cious plan of organization, to carry out the wish of 
his friends and admirers for the erection of a suitable 
monument over his remains. 

Pursuant to the call, the meeting was numerously 
attended, and a marked interest and enthusiasm were 
manifested in the proposed object. 

At a subsequent meeting, held on the 8th of No- 
vember, articles of association were adopted, to form 
the proposed constitution, and a co m mittee was ap- 
pointed to procure signatures to the same, and to 
call a fall meeting of the subscribers, who were to 
select, in accordance with the constitution, twelve 
Trustees, out of eighteen, to whom the interests and 
business of the Association were to be committed. 

After more than one hundred names had been 
obtained by the committee, the meeting was called, 
at which twelve gentlemen were unanimously chosen 
by the Association as its Trustees, who, at subse- 



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quent meetings of their body, filled up their number 
to eighteen, by the selection of six others, and elect- 
ed their Officers and Executive Committee, in com- 
pliance with the constitution. They also adopted a 
code of By-Laws for their own regulation, together 
with an appeal to the public in behalf of their patri- 
otic object. 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

Gen. WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, Qttinct. 

Hon. JOHN B. TURNER,... Chicago. 

" WILLIAM B. OGDEN, 

« WALTER B. SCATES, 

» FRANCIS C. SHERMAN,. 

" WILLIAM C. GOUDY, 

". SAMUEL W. FULLER, 

Rev. WILLIAM BARRY, 

Rt. Rev. JAMES DUGGAN, D. D.,._ 

DAVID A. GAGE, Esq., 

JOHN M. DOUGLAS, Esq., 

THOMAS B. BRYAN, Esq., 

JOHN S. NEWHOUSE, Esq., 



Hon. SAMUEL H. TREAT,... Springfield. 

« JAMES C. ALLEN,.. .Palestine. 

" JOHN D. CATON, ...Ottawa. 

Col. JOHN A. LOGAN, Benton. 

" JOHN DEMENT,. Dixon. 



OFFICERS. 

PRESIDENT : 

WALTER JLi. SCATES. 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT : 

THOMAS IS . IJ11YAN. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT : 

W ILLIA J\T C. GOUDY, 

TREASURER : 

DAVID A. GAGE. 

SECRETARY I 

LE ONARD XV. V O Z, K . 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Walter B. Scates, Prest. Rt. Rev. Bishop Duggan. 

John B. Turner, Francis C. Sherman. 

David A. Gage, Treas. Leonard W. Volk, Sec'y- 



CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

DOUGLAS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. 



ARTICLE FIRST. 

This Association shall be known as the "Doug-las 
Monument Association". 1 ' 

article second. 

All persons contributing not less than the sum of 
one dollar to its objects, shall be considered members 
of the Association, and be entitled to a diploma or 
certificate of membership. 

ARTICLE THIRD. 

For the energetic and successful prosecution of the 
object of this Association — namely, the erection of a 
suitable monument in honor of the late Hon. Stephen 
Arnold Douglas, to be placed over his remains at 
Cottage Grove, near the city of Chicago, or elsewhere 
— a Board of Trustees to consist of eighteen persons, 
a majority of whom, at least, shall be residents of 
Chicago, or within a distance therefrom convenient 
for attendance at its meetings, shall be forthwith 



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appointed, this Association to select twelve members, 
and the residue to be appointed hereafter by said 
twelve members so selected ; to which said Board 
shall be committed all the active, executive, and 
legal powers of the Association without reserve ; and 
especially : 

1. The entire charge of selecting and deciding 
upon a plan for said monument. 

2. The adoption of such plan or plans for the 
raising and collection of contributions in aid of its 
construction and completion, as they shall judge 
advisable. 

3. The contracting with such party or parties for 
the complete construction of the proposed monument 
at such time, and within such conditions as they 
may approve. 

ARTICLE FOURTH. 

1. Said Board shall be known as the "Board of 
Trustees of the Douglas Monument Associa- 
tion." 

2. The whole number of said Board shall be 
divided into three equal sections, one section to retire 
alternately every five years ; and all vacancies in the 
Board made by such retirement, by resignation, dis- 
ability, death, or otherwise, to be filled by the 
remaining members. 

3. Said Board shall organize by the election, at 
such times as they may direct, of a President, Treas- 
urer, and Secretary, (which Secretary, at their discre- 
tion, may be outside of their body, to be of approved 
capacity, integrity, and particular abilities for the 



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office, and receive, at their discretion, a remuneration 
for his services), as also of an Executive Committee 
of the Board for the better transaction of its busi- 
ness, together with such other officers or agents as 
they may judge needful and proper. 

4. Said Board shall make and establish such 
rules And ; regulations relating to its meetings and 
organization, the duties of its officers and agents, and 
the transaction of its business, as in their judgment 
shall be thought best. 

5. Said Board shall hold, through its Treasurer, 
all property or monies, now, or hereafter to be ac- 
quired, in the name or for the purposes of this Asso- 
ciation ; shall have a legal seal, and shall seasonably 
secure such legal incorporation, under the authority 
of the Legislature or of existing laws, as shall give 
full validity to its acts. 

6. Said Board shall hold themselves individually 
and exclusively of the Association, responsible for all 
expenditures of money made by them, beyond such 
amounts as are or have been actually collected and 
paid in to their Treasurer. 

7. Said Board may, at their discretion, elect indi- 
viduals of this, or any other State, to be Honorary 
members thereof, or of the Association in general, 
under such provisions and conditions as they may see 
fit to establish ; provided, that no person upon the 
condition of pecuniary contribution shall be made 
an Honorary member of the Association, upon the 
payment of a sum less than twenty dollars ; nor an 
Honorary member of the Board of Trustees upon 
the payment of a sum less than one hundred dollars. 



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8. Said Board shall take seasonable steps to se- 
cure, as a preliminary to and on the condition prece- 
dent of the completion of the proposed monument, 
the guaranty of the fee of the land, or such part 
thereof as may be required for the suitable arrange- 
ment of said monument, or otherwise provide for the 
perpetual and undisturbed security of the same. 

9. Upon the full completion of said monument, 
it shall be the duty of said Board to have set apart 
and provided a sufficient permanent fund, to be put 
at interest, the annual proceeds of which shall be 
applied for the preservation, care and repair of said 
monument and land ; or, at their election, to convey 
to the city of Chicago, or the State of Illinois, said 
monument, or land, or both, upon the guaranty of 
the authorities so receiving the same, that said mon- 
ument and the land on which it stands shall be per- 
petually kept in due preservation and care for all 
time. 

ARTICLE FIFTH. 

It is the intention of this Association to intrust 
said Board with as full and complete powers as may 
be necessary for the execution of the trust hereby 
committed to them, whether the same are herein ex- 
pressed or not. 

ARTICLE SIXTH. 

Said Board shall, as often as once in each year, 
puhlish a full account of their proceedings, as also of 
their receipts and expenditures in behalf of said 
monument, duly certified, for the information of the 
members of this Association, and the public. 



BY-LAWS 

OF THE 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



DOUGLAS MOMENT ASSOCIATION. 



OFFICERS. 

The officers of this Board shall consist of a Presi- 
dent, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secre- 
tary, together with an Executive Board of Direction 
to be called the "Executive Committee of the 
Teustees of the Douglas Monument Associa- 
tion," to consist of five members, including the 
President, who shall be ex-officio President of the 
Executive Committee ; the Secretary of this Board 
to act as Secretary of the Executive Committee. 

The above named officers shall be chosen by bal- 
lot, after the first organization, at the annual meeting 
of this Board, which shall be held on the first Thurs- 
day in June. 

PRESIDENT. 

The President shall preside at all meetings of this 
Board, or of the Executive Committee, and shall call 
any special meetings of either at his discretion, or 
when requested so to do by any two members. In 



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the absence, or inability to act of the President, 
either of the Vice-Presidents shall perform his duties, 
in presiding at or calling meetings of this Board. 

TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall hold all property er -monies 
belonging to the Association, in his own name, in 
trust for the said Association ; and shall keep the 
same in safe deposit, as the distinct property of the 
Association, and in its name. He shall pay no mon- 
ies, except upon the written order of the President, 
or such other person as may be authorized thereto 
by this Board, such order to be countersigned by the 
Secretary ; nor shall he make any loan of monies of 
the Association, except with this Board's consent. 
He shall keep a due account, to be always open to 
inspection by any member of this Board, of all pro- 
perty or monies received and all amounts expended 
by him in the name of the Association, with corres- 
ponding vouchers, and shall make report thereof, 
whenever so required by this Board or the Executive 
Committee, as also at the annual meeting of this 
Board, at which time his account shall have been 
audited by the President, or by an auditor specially 
chosen by this Board. The Treasurer shall, when 
required by this Board, give his bond to the Presi- 
dent, until the le ^al incorporation of this Board ; 
after which, such bond shall be given to this Board, 
with sufficient sureties, to such amount as this Board 
shall from time to time direct, for the faithful per- 
formance of the duties of his office. 



DOUGLAS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. 



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SECRETARY. 

The Secretary shall keep a careful record, to be 
from time to time approved, of all meetings of this 
Board, or of the Executive Committee ; shall call all 
meetings of either, under the order of the President ; 
shstll countersign all orders upon the Treasurer and 
keep an account of the same ; shall conduct the cor- 
respondence of this Board or of the Executive Com- 
mittee, keeping copies of such letters as are written 
by him, as also duly filing all received ; he shall also 
superintend and direct, with the advice of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, all collections to be made for the 
objects of the Association, keeping a due account 
thereof, and seasonably accounting for the same, as 
made, to the Treasurer ; and shall perform all such 
other duties as the Board, or Executive Committee 
may direct. 

The Secretary shall receive a compensation for his 
services, at the rate of one thousand dollars a year, 
besides the re-imbursement of all necessary charges 
incurred by him in the discharge of his duties. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

The duties of the Executive Committee shall be to 
counsel and direct the Secretary in obtaining collec- 
tions for the objects of the Association ; to which 
end they shall issue such circulars and state- 
ments, and adopt such arrangements, and appoint, 
authorize, and instruct such agents, determining their 
compensation, as they shall judge expedient ; besides 



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recommending to this Board any measures for their 
action deemed desirable ; and they shall do all 
things to promote the objects of the Association, 
subject to the orders of this Board. The Executive 
Committee shall also have the charge and direction 
of all matters to be from time to time committed to 
them by this Board. Said Executive * Committee 
shall meet at such times as they may judge best, un- 
der the direction of the President, and shall keep a 
written account of their doings, with the names of 
all agents appointed by them, which names shall 
also be, from time to time, published for the inform- 
ation of the public — a full report of the doings of 
said Executive Committee to be made at each regu- 
lar meeting of this Board. 

MEETINGS. 

Regular meetings of this Board shall be held as 
often as once in two months, on the first Thursday 
of the month, of which written or personal notice 
shall be seasonably given to each member. Seven 
members shall constitute a quorum for the transac- 
tion of any ordinary business ; but no plan or loca- 
tion of the proposed monument shall be accepted, 
nor any contract or appropriation involving an ex- 
penditure to exceed one thousand dollars, be voted, 
except by this Board, not less than the same number 
approve the same ; nor shall the action of that num- 
ber be final until ratified at a succeeding meeting, 
should such ratification be requested by one member 
present. 



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AGENTS. 

Every Agent appointed in behalf of this Associa- 
tion shall have credentials duly signed by the Presi- 
dent and the Secretary, with the seal of this Associa- 
tion attached to the same ; and no person claiming 
to + 'be ~ such agent is to be accredited without the 
same. 

HONORARY MEMBERS, Etc. 

This Board may, from time to time, appoint, at 
their discretion, any citizens of the United States to 
be Honorary Vice-Presidents or Honorary members 
of this Board ; provided, that such appointments shall 
be respectively voted for by not less than seven 
members of this Board. Any person, upon the pay- 
ment for the objects of this Association of a sum 
not less than one hundred dollars, may become an 
Honorary member of this Board. Any person pay- 
ing the sum of twenty dollars may become an Hon- 
orary member of the "Douglas Monument Asso- 
ciation." All persons paying one dollar or more to 
the objects of the Association, shall receive a diplo- 
ma or certificate of membership, duly signed by the 
President and the Secretary. 

VACANCIES IN THE BOARD. 

Any vacancies in this Board shall be seasonably 
filled at any regular meeting, provided not less than 
seven members present shall vote in favor of the 
candidate ; provided, further, that no vote by proxy 



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shall be allowed at such elections, or at any other 
transactions of this Board. 

ALTERATIONS OF BY-LAWS. 

These by-laws may at any time be altered or ex- 
tended at any regular meeting, not less than eight of 
the whole number of members of this Board approv- 
ing the same. 



APPEAL. 



The Boaed of Trustees appointed by the " Douglas 
Monument Association," being duly organized for the exe- 
cuQqp^ of .the, patriotic enterprise entrusted to their charge, 
respectfully submit their doings and designs to the public, 
confident that no urgent appeal is needed to the friends of the 
late Stephen A. Douglas, to assist in the proposed tribute 
of honor and gratitude to that illustrious statesman and 
patriot. 

Born among the free hills of New England, his early life 
passed in New York, his maturer years consecrated with gen- 
erous and never-faltering devotion to his country, he has long 
been known as the distinguished representative of the West 
in the councils of the nation, whose boldness, courage, enthu- 
siasm and brilliant talents elevated him to an almost unrivalled 
power and commanding influence among his countrymen — 
equal to every emergency, daunted by no obstacle, and 
acquiring new greatness even in disaster and seeming defeat, 
giving him an acknowledged place in the constellation of 
eminent statesmen and patriots whose names will ever illumine 
the history of our country. 

Without recalling the various and eventful occasions of his 
brilliant career as a politician and statesman, on which he won 
the renown which was so willingly and warmly conceded to him, 
it needs only to recur to his last appeals of a true and mag- 
nanimous patriotism in behalf of his imperilled country, rally- 
ing all hearts to a loyal and self-sacrificing maintenance of the 
Union of these States and the constitution of our hitherto 
great and united Republic, to vindicate his full claim to an 
honorary and grateful remembrance, now that he has fallen, 
in the meridian of his fame, when, never more than now, his 
eloquent voice and inspiring courage are needed in his coun- 
try's hour of darkness and trial. 



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In the tranquil rest of the grave, the departed can be reach- 
ed, indeed, by no honors a grateful country can rear over his 
remains. But not less to ourselves, and to our country, and to 
the generations yet unborn, who are to enter upon the sacred 
heritage and responsibilities of freemen, than to him, is it due, 
that his grave should not be left unmarked by some enduring 
tribute of national honor and gratitude. 

In seeking to secure a fitting monument to perpetuate the 
name of Douglas, the Trustees feel assured that they but 
represent the warm and unanimous sentiment which found 
prompt utterance throughout our country on his lamented 
death ; and they desire to be actuated in the accomplishment 
of the sacred charge committed to them by an inviolable re- 
gard to what is due alike to the honored dead, and to the 
sentiments which consecrate his memory in the hearts of his 
friends and countrymen. 

In submitting the plan of organization and proceedings 
adopted for and by this Board, it is hoped that the same will 
commend itself to the general confidence and approval. It is 
believed that the judicious precautions early adopted will be a 
sufficient guaranty, that all due care, fidelity and good judg- 
ment will be employed, to secure an early and satisfactory 
achievement of the work they have undertaken. 

The Trustees presume to make no demands, nor do they 
prescribe limits, in their appeal to Mr. Douglas' friends. 
They forbear, at this time, even from presenting any anticipa- 
tory design for the proposed monument, either in respect to its 
form or cost, beyond such suggestions as propriety may dic- 
tate, leaving the matter to be finally determined hereafter by 
what shall appear to be the wish of the public, as expressed in 
their voluntary benefactions to his memory. 

It has been the desire of this Board to afford the broadest 
scope to the liberality of the public, and to do this in such a 
manner as to connect the names of the humblest contributors, 
with the Association formed to honor the departed statesman. 

The Trustees cannot hope, without the concurring vigilance 
of the public, to guard against all contingencies of imposture 
or misplaced confidence in the collections proposed by them. 



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They beg to have it distinctly understood, that all authorized 
agents of this Board will carry with them authentic creden- 
tials, under the seal of the Association, which, it is hoped, 
may guard with clue caution against misrepresentation and 
fraud. 

In prosecuting their proposed collections, it is the intention 
of the Board to afford opportunity to the friends of the late 
Mr. Douglas, in all parts of the country, to unite in this 
national tribute to his memory. To this end, they would be 
gladly assisted by the voluntary organization of local auxiliary 
associations, to be under judicious and reliable management, 
with which this Board may be in communication, and to which 
diplomas will be forwarded, in return for such moneys as are 
collected and forwarded. 

Should any individuals feel prompted to anticipate a direct 
appeal by a voluntary transmission of money in aid of the ob- 
ject, the same can be forwarded by mail or otherwise to the 
Treasurer. 

The appeal which this Board makes to the fellow-country- 
men and friends of the late Mr. Douglas, cannot be deemed 
untimely, even amidst the dark hour of the Republic, and the 
privations and distress of f n unnatural war. None more than 
that patriotic statesman sought to avert, by just and constitu- 
tional aims, legitimate complaint ; none more than he, when 
treason menaced the foundations of our national existence and 
glory, proclaimed in truer and more inspiring tones his stead- 
fast loyalty and everlasting fidelity to the Union and constitu- 
tion, — bequeathing to his country, in his dying words, unques- 
tioned tokens of the allegiance which had inspired his whole 
life, and which, breathing from his silent grave, may yet reani- 
mate and restore the divided glory of our common country. 

Surely is it not untimely to rear now enduring marble over 
his honored remains, bearing forever the last words which 
burst from his dying lips — " Tell my childeen to obey the 

LAWS AND UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION." 



